"If it's not from Georgia, it's not a Vidalia. Trust the Original Sweet Onion," says the Vidalia® Onion Committee. Made with sweet Vidalia onions, savory Vidalia Shortcake, upper right baked a springform pan, is made with thinly cut Vidalia onions, sliced with the help of Kuhn Rikon's Quick Slice Mandoline, lower right. Vidalia Onion season runs from mid-to-late April to late August or early September.-

Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford leaves the voting booth after voting at his precinct in Charleston, S.C., on Tuesday, April 2, 2013. Sanford is facing former Charleston County councilman Curtis Bostic in the Republican runoff for South Carolina's vacant 1st District congressional seat. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)-AP